Microsoft to dump Microsoft Money

After nearly two decades in the business, Microsoft plans to stop selling its Microsoft Money personal-finance software, a company spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

The move, a potential boon for Intuit's Quicken software, follows the Redmond computer giant’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) move last year to discontinue sales of Money in retail boxes in favor of online downloads.

“Banks are offering a lot of these services directly, and it’s unclear where the demand is for a single,

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